Lite XL is described as 'Lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either' and is a popular Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Lite XL for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Lite XL alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lite XL are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.